A 32-year-old woman from Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district has died after setting herself on fire, allegedly in protest against sustained sexual harassment by her father-in-law and years of dowry-related abuse by her in-laws.

For 200 years, Britain shaped India’s trade rules to its advantage – plundering raw materials, taxing salt, killing industries in the name of “free markets”. Now, as post-Brexit UK shops around for friends, India has become a prized dance partner.

In Ghaziabad, a man named Harsh Vardhan Jain was arrested for operating a fake embassy from a rented house. Posing as a diplomat from the fictitious nation of “West Arctica,” he allegedly defrauded individuals and businesses with promises of overseas jobs. Jain enhanced his credibility using doctored images with prominent Indian leaders and fake diplomatic plates.